Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01417 · Session 4

Educating our future generations: Councils should listen to parents

Closed Submitted 20 Feb 2012 Education
Signatures
84
Comments
0
Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 to allow a right to appeal to Scottish Ministers where local authorities do not abide by the majority decision of ‘relevant consultees’, as specified in Schedule 2 of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010, where a local authority is consulting on issues stipulated in Paragraphs 4 & 5 of Schedule 1 of the same Act.

What the petitioner did first

An attempted appeal to the relevant local authority the example cited in this petition stems from.
A further appeal attempted made to elected Councillors representing the area concerned, where the example cited in this petition stems from.
Lobbying by parents and other consultees by way of demonstration, contact with the media and other relevant organisations in order to try and persuade the local authority this particular example originates from to abide by the majority decision reached by the consultation.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 20 Mar 2012
    1 mention
  2. 29 May 2012
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

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Comments

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